Anthony Le
Open MIC (Military Industrial Complex)
2023
Acrylic on stretched canvas
30 x 40 x 0.75 in
76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm
“Open MIC” considers how the Military Industrial Complex is intertwined into American lives. This is a surrealist scene of domestic life in Washington, DC. It is easy for me to forget that DC is the home of the largest organization in the world that spends nearly a quarter trillion dollars on the business of war annually (Fiscal Year 2022). How do we divest when money is so interlaced with war?
References:
- I have been recently obsessed with Tetsuya Ishida (1973-2005) who painted themselves as anthropomorphic machines of capitalism.
- I referenced a red envelope for Tet and red stool as I consider how the Vietnamese diaspora was impacted by MIC.
- I referenced small diameter bombs for my missiles (#madeinamerica).
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